Lila, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Troupsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 14885. The Survey maps it on the Troupsburg quadrangle.

Lila within Steuben County

Then and now

1926 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lila, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Lila, surveyed 1926

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1926 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Troupsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

22 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Lila between 1999 and 2019, burning about 202 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Debris and open burning	6
Arson/incendiarism	3
Natural	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
12 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 July 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 July 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
9 April 2008	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 April 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 April 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
26 April 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
19 April 2015	Natural	2.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lila: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Pit #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Troupsburg	2.1 miles	17
Alice	2.2 miles	17
South Troupsburg	2.7 miles	17
Young Hickory	2.9 miles	17
Rexville	6.5 miles	17
Wileyville	6.6 miles	17
Rough and Ready	7.3 miles	17
Jasper	7.9 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972724. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.